CNBC Global CFO Council
Featured
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CFOs expect to see a modest improvement in the economy over the next six months but not much of a dent in employment. Read the full results of the CNBC Global CFO Council.
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If you want to know how important the role chief financial officer will be playing in the corporate and investing worlds, look no further than Apple.
News Stories
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Financial services firms have been operating in a financial "Groundhog Day" of sorts for nearly five years – one that, at TD Ameritrade, has a direct impact on almost 50 percent of our revenue stream.
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With debt cheap and plenty of cash on the books, companies are primed to make deals when they are good and ready.
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The traditional view of a chief financial officer is a bean counter focused on company finances. But the finance function is transforming from being known for saying 'no' to big projects to taking a role in growth and development.
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Consider chief financial officers as the ones manning the front lines in the battle against black swans.
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The American corporate tax system is a paradox. Comprehensive corporate tax reform sounds good politically, but is difficult to do in practice.
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With approximately 1.2 Trillion dollars in cash sitting on the books of non-financial firms, CFOs need to ensure their cash is efficiently deployed. Is it possible with all of this liquidity?
Council Members
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John Stephens is senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for AT&T.
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Patricia Yarrington is vice president and chief financial officer of Chevron Corp., a position she has held since 2009.
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James McConeghy serves as Chobani's chief financial officer, overseeing all financial, accounting and administrative functions.
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Frank Calderoni is executive vice President and chief financial officer at Cisco.
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Nicholas C. Fanandakis is executive vice president and chief financial officer.
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Bill Snyder is an executive vice president and the chief financial officer for Enterprise Holdings.
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Mary Winston is executive vice president and chief financial officer for Family Dollar Stores.
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Bob Shanks is Ford Motor's executive vice president and chief financial officer.
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Tom Kennedy is executive vice president and chief financial officer for Hilton Worldwide.
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Dominic Caruso is Johnson & Johnson's vice president, finance, and CFO and is a member of the Executive Committee.
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Joseph Siclare is executive vice president and chief financial officer of the National Football League.
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Janice Fukakusa is RBC's chief administrative officer and chief financial officer.
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Troy Alstead is chief financial officer and chief administrative officer for Starbucks Corporation.
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Paul Smith is executive vice president and chief financial officer of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
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Bill Gerber is executive vice president and chief financial officer of TD Ameritrade.
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Carol B. Tome is the chief financial officer and executive vice president of corporate services at The Home Depot.
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Henry Schirmer is senior vice president and chief financial offer of Unilever North America.
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John Rainey is executive vice president and chief financial officer for United Airlines.
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Kurt Kuehn, UPS's chief financial officer, has been on the front lines of UPS's recent transformation.
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Senior Executive Vice President Timothy (Tim) J. Sloan is the chief financial officer of Wells Fargo.
About CNBC Global CFO Council
The broad scope of challenges facing America’s top financial executives is unlike any other period in modern business history. CNBC has assembled an elite group of chief financial officers representing public and private companies from various major sectors, to share their frontline insights and unique views on key issues and challenges facing today’s CFOs.
Video
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Bill Gerber, TD Ameritrade CFO; and Mary Winston, Family Dollar Stores CFO, provide perspective on the macro-economic issues that are impacting global and domestic business.
Economy
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Job creation slowed to a crawl during March, with the U.S. economy creating just 88,000 positions though the unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent.
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Obama will offer cuts to Social Security and other entitlement programs in a budget proposal, an official said.
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Wal-Mart Stores is betting it can take on these labor-intensive categories by adding efficiency, not bodies.
Earnings
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The maker of Chef Boyardee pastas and Hunt's ketchup reported a 57 percent fall in third-quarter profit.
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BlackBerry reported quarterly earnings and revenue on Thursday that outpaced market expectations.
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The company reported a better-than-expected profit, but said student sign-ups fell for the fourth straight quarter.
Market Insider with Patti Domm
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The best strategy in the second quarter could simply be putting money to work in sectors that lagged in the first quarter.
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A 95,000 increase in private payrolls? It's the "end of the end of QE talk."
